Veronica Mars Movie - SPOILERS INSIDE

Speaking as a member of Team Leo (Or Team Mac, but that was never going to happen), I was a little disappointed to see Veronica falling into her rut with Logan again. That was always a toxic relationship and although they had chemistry, he was still a dbag even at his best. I get the redemptive arc they put him in with the Navy stuff but I don't feel it.

Otherwise I thought it felt like what it was, a long-format TV movie / pilot episode. And I loved it.

One thing that always impressed me about the show was that they let the heroine be somewhat of a selfish, self-absorbed dick who would do anything and use anybody to get what she wanted. And trust Bell to make us like her regardless.

Not sure what to say to that, other than that clearly you are in a very small minority. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 75% critic rating, and 96% audience rating. *shrug* To each his or her own, I guess.

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Average rating a 6.6. I would lean closer to 6 myself So I am not that far off. Considering the level of fanboishness of this show right now I don't think the audience rating at this point is meaningful.

Average rating a 6.6. I would lean closer to 6 myself So I am not that far off. Considering the level of fanboishness of this show right now I don't think the audience rating at this point is meaningful.

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Your assertion that the movie was worse than an episode of the TV show, coupled with your assertion that the high rating for the movie is driven by fans of the TV show, does indeed confirm that you are in a small minority in your opinion.

Average rating a 6.6. I would lean closer to 6 myself So I am not that far off. Considering the level of fanboishness of this show right now I don't think the audience rating at this point is meaningful.

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The audience rating is meaningful for those of us who lied the show.

If I asked someone "Would I enjoy the Veronica Mars movie?" I would much rather hear the opinion of someone who enjoyed the show as much as I did than a critic who may have never seen it before.

I rented the movie on XBox and found it pretty entertaining. Watched at home because it was way cheaper and easier than going to the theater, even though there is one close to my house. It wasn't mind-blowing or anything but it was good. I liked seeing some of the characters together again, but some of them felt like there wasn't much point of them being in the movie other than to tick the box saying they were there.

They make you feel really bad about Piz. He is just too much of a nice guy and Veronica seems like she just can't handle being with one.

My wife enjoyed it a lot. She only scoffed at one or two moments. I, on the other hand, was fairly disappointed. And my disappointment grows as the excitement over seeing the characters again wears off.

It just felt really incomplete in places and really off in other places. The reunion was a disaster and I think it would have actually been WAY better if they hadn't met the stretch goal to pay for the fisticuffs.

A lot of dangling plot points ate into the meat of the story. The Weevil stuff was downright odd and should have been cut once she saw him all dressed up. A lot of the other cameos worked pretty well, and I don't know why they chose to dwell on the Weevil sub-plot.

One of the reasons the original series stood out for me was the quality of the mystery plot. It might have left us red herring after red herring but it still felt central to the story. In the movie, the plot was totally stupid and served no useful purpose other than as a plot contrivance to get her back home. The economy of character was a bit too obvious... did anyone expect those three to NOT be involved?

That said, I would support a netflix reboot 100%, because the core few characters are compelling. Especially if Vinnie Van Lowe gets to give people his hose.

Piz's insecurity led to his relationships demise, not Veronica. Dinner so his parents could meet his fiance vs. helping a friend/former boyfriend prove his innocence over a murder charge, especially given Veronica's past experience investigating such things? Easy choice, and the answer is not dinner with the parents, BTW. He should've been proud his fiance was willing to help in that way, not apologizing to his parents for her not being there for dinner. Piz was acting much like Veronica was a possession.

Piz's insecurity led to his relationships demise, not Veronica. Dinner so his parents could meet his fiance vs. helping a friend/former boyfriend prove his innocence over a murder charge, especially given Veronica's past experience investigating such things? Easy choice, and the answer is not dinner with the parents, BTW. He should've been proud his fiance was willing to help in that way, not apologizing to his parents for her not being there for dinner. Piz was acting much like Veronica was a possession.

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Agreed, but there are obviously other problems in that relationship. They were together for 8 or 9 years and he's never introduced her to his parents before? Really?

One question: The Neptune High yearbook she picked up at "Ruby's" apartment looked as thick as a phone book. Are yearbooks really that freaking huge at schools? I went to a small school, so ours were maybe 1/10th that thick.

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Don't know how big school Neptune High was suppose to be, but their yearbook looked about the size of each of my high school yearbooks (senior classes of around 350). Maybe just marginally thicker than mine, but maybe not.